Georgia

After violent clashes erupted in Tbilisi, the city remains under mobilized security as cleanup operations continue; riot police units are stationed at Orbeliani Square where tensions rose multiple times during protest; opposition figures were arrested

Elene Khoshtaria, head of the opposition party Droa, has been detained by law enforcement officers, the party confirmed on social media making video footage circulate online; authorities allege that Khoshtaria was involved in damaging election banners

Tbilisi Mayor and Secretary of the ruling party Kakha Kaladze accused foreign powers and organizations of tentative interference in internal affairs: pressure, misinformation, political manipulation would destabilize Georgia and undermine its sovereignty

Batumi Court sentenced journalist, Batumelebi/Netgazeti founder Mzia Amaghlobeli, arrested in January protests, to 2 years in prison on charges of “resistance,threat or violence against public official” instead of initial charge of “assaulting an officer”

The Georgian Patriarchate released a statement on latest European Council recommendations, concerned that they place Georgia’s aspirations for integration in direct contrast to traditional family values and laws protecting minors from LGBT propaganda

UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office summoned Georgia top diplomat to express the UK government’s concern over what it described Georgia’s “increasingly harmful trajectory” a crackdown on civil society, independent media, opposition voices

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the devastating flood that struck Tbilisi on 13 June 2015, its 21 victims and those still missing, an official ceremony was held in the capital

Parliament is approving legislative reforms that will alter political parties' financial contributions repost: they will submit information about donations and membership fees to the Anti-Corruption Bureau within 15th of the month after reporting month

Tbilisi City Hall will dismantle the twin glass-and-steel structures in Rike Park known a the “Rike Jars,” as they do not align with the city’s urban development guidelines; a new development would occupy the same footprint as the current structures

Though festivities and events have been taking place in Georgia to celebrate Europe Day since 2014, this 11 May the country will celebrate its first Europe Day as a candidate of the European Union at the Expo Georgia exhibition center in Tbilisi

“The Blitz: A Georgian Daughter’s Rise to CFO in the Post-Soviet Era”, the autobiography by Tamar Gakharia, has reached the top of Amazon charts, earning the #1 New Release badge and becoming a bestseller in selected categories in record time

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was sentenced to a further four years and six months in prison for illegally crossing the Georgian border in 2021